How to do a Snatch from Blocks

Focuses on the snatch technique from an elevated starting position, reducing the lift's range and emphasizing the explosive phase. Ideal for improving form, power, and speed in the snatch.

1. Stand upright with your feet shoulder-width apart and slightly angled out with a loaded barbell on blocks just below knee height.
2. Brace your core before hinging your hips backward and flexing your knees to extend your arms to grab ahold the barbell with a double overhand wide grip.
3. Extend your legs to raise the barbell and once it passes over your mid thigh, explode your hips, knees, and ankles into extension to pull the barbell up vertically overhead keeping your elbows high.
4. Catch the barbell overhead by snapping your elbows underneath the bar, palms facing up, and dropping into a squat underneath the bar.
5. Stand upright before Lowering the barbell to the starting position.